With the creation of two new sanctuaries, Maharashtra shows the way for a fresh approach to conservation.

In the paradox that India is, malnutrition among the poorest is matched by obesity among the wealthiest.

If some textbooks published recently by the Gujarat government are any indication, right-wing ideologues and activists have started the saffronisation

Social scientists fear that the new ICHR Chairman may revive the Sangh Parivar’s long-standing history rewriting project using Hindutva as a tool.

The flattening of Gaza by Israel has nothing to do with Hamas or terrorism. It is about never-ending control over Palestinian land by the occupiers an

The Muslim-Sikh riots in Saharanpur are a part and product of the politics of consolidation in which the Muslim leadership stokes the fear of a commun

Arundhati Roy’s analysis of capitalism and its exploitative strategies is a vehement diatribe against neo-imperialism and the corporatisation of cultu

A detailed account of V. Krishnamurthy’s role in turning around several public sector behemoths.

The smart city, a 100 of which the NDA government has planned, is a utopian concept that excludes completely the urban poor and promises infrastructur

Joko Widodo becomes Indonesia’s first person from a non-elite, non-military background to win the presidential election, setting off charges of electo

The Supreme Court restores a 1970 order relaxing norms in inter-departmental competitive examinations for S.C./S.T. candidates and upholds the constit

The BJP reverses its earlier opposition to allowing more foreign investment in the insurance sector and this may well jeopardise the country’s economi

The forum came of age at its summit in Brazil, but it can realise its full potential and establish its geopolitical importance only by achieving great

Justice Katju stirs up a controversy by questioning the extension of service and promotion of an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court who faced

Governments, especially those of the U.S. and E.U. countries, have remained largely indifferent to the decimation of Gaza, while people across the wo

Civil services aspirants are determined not to allow the aptitude test of the preliminary examination this year on the grounds that it privileges the

Haryana constitutes a separate Sikh gurdwaras management committee, but the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab insists that the Amritsar-based SGPC is the

The U.S. blames the crash of the Malaysian aircraft in Ukraine on Russia, with the agenda of further tightening the sanctions against Moscow and exp

The CAG raises serious concerns over the viability of PPP projects and their overall cost and benefit to the government and consumers.

The lust for communal hegemony rendered impossible a sharing of power that could have preserved the precious unity of a great country. The Sangh Pariv